Women and the prospects for partnership in professional accountancy firms

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 575-605

  Whiting, Rosalind H ^a   Gammie, Elizabeth ^b   Herbohn, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gender; Professional accountancy firms; Structural barriers; Work preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930760842     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acfi.12066     Document Type: Article

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